ISSUES
- Authenticity
• Privacy
- Globalization APPLICATION TO SPECIFIC SCENARIOS
- Health
- Government and Politics IT SYSTEMS
- Software
- Personal and public communications STAKEHOLDERS
- 911
- Government
- People in emergencies
APPLICATION TO SPECIFIC SCENARIOS
home and leisure
IT SYSTEMS
software
internet
networks
STAKEHOLDERS
facebook users
facebook
3rd party facebook apps (instagram)
What is/are the issue/s associated with the IT system/development?
The issue with the article is that facebook is changing its policies this is furthermore linked to the second issue as due to the changes in facebook’s policies the privacy and and anonymity of its users is now at risk with the use of 3rd party applications e.g. instagram.
What is/are the social impact/s on local or global communities?
the main impact would be that facebook users would not be able to tell whether or not facebook has used their personal information. since the new policy states that facebook can use users personal information with 3rd party applications, users will have virtually 0 control over what facebook does with their personal data.
How the IT system/development work? What policies, rules or laws apply to the situation?
facebook is now able to change/alter their policies at any given time with no acknowledgement given to their users. this could have any number of outcomes that will affect the facebook users. for example facebook could change their policy and supply data mining companies with vast amounts of personal information, this would be a direct issue with the users privacy.
Describe how the IT development/problem emerged (started)?
Facebook sent out an email to all of its users which held a link to a site where users could vote on whether or not facebook should be able to change its policy at any time without notifying their users. the response facebook recieved was rather alarming as they on received 0.2% of the required votes
What are the advantages and disadvantages for the stakeholders?
the main advantages of the situation would be that facebook would be able to rectify any issues in its policy swiftly without having to draft up a notification to all it users that there has been a change. however the main disadvantage would be that users would have no idea what facebook would be changing its policy to state, this makes users incredibly vulnerable to privacy issues such as facebook distributing users personal information to 3rd party companies.
What viable solution can be applied to overcome the problem?
facebook could allow the users to filter which information they hand out to 3rd parties or alternatively notify users when they share personal users.
What is/are the social impact of the IT development on human life?
due to the sharing of personal information to 3rd parties people would possibly become vulnerable to identity theft and spam.
Public Busses Across the Country Quietly Adding Microphones to Record Passenger Conversations - Irene and Jenny
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/07/tech/mobile/fcc-carriers-announce-text-to-911/index.html
ISSUES
- Authenticity
• Privacy
- Globalization
APPLICATION TO SPECIFIC SCENARIOS
- Health
- Government and Politics
IT SYSTEMS
- Software
- Personal and public communications
STAKEHOLDERS
- 911
- Government
- People in emergencies
FACEBOOK POLICY - Mitch and Maciej
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/10/tech/social-media/facebook-policy-vote/index.html
ISSUES
policies
privacy and anonymity
APPLICATION TO SPECIFIC SCENARIOS
home and leisure
IT SYSTEMS
software
internet
networks
STAKEHOLDERS
facebook users
facebook
3rd party facebook apps (instagram)
Public Busses Across the Country Quietly Adding Microphones to Record Passenger Conversations - Irene and Jenny
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/public-bus-audio-surveillance/
ISSUES
APPLICATION TO SPECIFIC SCENARIOS
IT SYSTEMS
STAKEHOLDERS
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